Applications Development Engineer

We are hiring for multiple positions, and the overseas travel requirements for the roles range from 25%-70%.

Responsibilities

Following standard procedures, provide applications development support to KLA products.

• Develop test cases; Characterize new products and/or features; Demonstrate metrology relevance to customer yield issues.
• Provide technical support in the development and implementation of customer applications dealing with the products and features.
• Provide specific product demonstrations on all aspects of highly complex products to customers and assess potential applications to meet customer needs; prepare detailed product specifications.
• Possess strong technical skills, be current in the customer use case domain.
• Work towards characterization of the tool/algorithm performance and provides clear feedback to the Engineering teams for product improvement, especially during Alpha/Beta tests.
• Strong technical skills are required to understand the functionality and capabilities of these tools and for providing root cause analysis and potential solutions for customers.
• Such skills include (but are not limited to) techniques for data analysis/processing, statistical analysis as well as the ability to quickly pick up and understand customer requirements and processes.

Requirements

• Candidate must have Bachelor's, Master’s or PhD in Microelectronics, Engineering, Physics, Material Science, or related fields.
• The ideal candidate will have a working knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing, semiconductor process and process control needs.
• Understanding of metrology and measurement technology used in semiconductor manufacturing will be advantageous.
• Excellent oral and written communication, organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills, and comfortable to interact and work with customers.
• Candidate must be self-driven and a strong team player.
• Experience in data analysis/processing, statistical analysis or optical simulations.
• Programming and scripting skills in MATLAB or Python are a plus
• 25%-70% overseas travel will be required